A recent article from The Times of Northwest Indiana examined the rate of infection in Methodist Hospitals with the use of widespread IV disinfection caps. The study took place over a 21-month frame and reduced the bloodstream infection rate to nearly

Wanted to extend the opportunity to all Vascular Access Nurses: Registration for Navigating the Changing Healthcare Environment, MinniVan‘s twelfth annual spring conference, is now open until April 13. Five health care professionals will offer their expertise in lectures on April 23.

In fiscal 2015, 721 hospitals will have their Medicare payments reduced for being among the 25 percent of hospitals with the highest rates of hospital-acquired conditions. Here are 15 things to know about the HAC program and the hospitals receiving

By Maureen McKinney  | December 18, 2014 More than 700 hospitals will see their total Medicare payments docked by 1% in fiscal 2015 as part of the first year of a federal penalty program aimed at reducing preventable harm and improving patient safety.

  The nurses at the VA Hospital in Iron Mountain MI, held two days of vascular access education.  The hospital currently has 4 nurses who place PICC lines.  Adding another nurse will allow the team to be available to “insert

Thank you MinniVAN for the opportunity to speak on a topic that is key to creating successful vascular access programs.  “Educating the Entire Team”  Download the ppt presentation  below: minnivan

Are we seeing an increase in this complication of VAD’s post PICC and Midline placement?  It seems like I have been getting more calls on this complication.  We need to prevent this complication with our patients.  Are we measuring the

At AVA and I am hearing a lot of discussion on UE DVT’s.  We all know this can be a complication of PICC line insertion, but how are we treating UE DVT’s?   Some nurses state “our docs want the

Our Vascular Access Team has been looking at how to implement clinically indicated removal of the PIV vs routinely removing the device at 96 hours.  We first brought the idea to our Nurse Managers and DON.  We wanted to get

Say congratulations to Fort HealthCare’s new PICC insertion team!  The team is comprised of Deb Roe, NP, Bridgett Piller, RN, Toni Clemens, RN, Gail Bishach, RN and Heather White, RN.  The team will also be adding their hospitalist.  These nurses